Non-native plants reduce abundance, richness, and host specialization in lepidopteran communities

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• lepidopteran 100%
• plant species 15%
• extinction 14%
• caterpillar 12%
• herbivory 10%
• native species 9%
• garden 9%
• ecosystem function 9%
• cluster analysis 8%
• food web 8%
• species richness 7%
• phylogenetics 7%
• continent 7%
• replacement 7%
• trajectory 6%
• ecosystem 5%
• energy 4%
• effect 4%

Agriculture & Biology

• Lepidoptera 48%
• extinction 12%
• ecological function 7%
• food webs 7%
• trajectories 7%
• ornamental plants 6%
• species abundance 6%
• gardens 6%
• cluster analysis 6%
• species richness 5%
• herbivores 5%
• indigenous species 5%
• host plants 5%
• ecosystems 5%
• energy 4%
• phylogeny 3%